A genus of birds commonly known as cuckoos, named for their resemblance to the coccyx bone.
From Greek 'kokkyx' (cuckoo bird), with the Latin genus ending '-us'. This is a taxonomic name that connects back to the original reason the tailbone was called 'coccyx.'
This is mind-bending: the tailbone was named after the cuckoo bird because of its shape, and then the cuckoo bird was scientifically named 'Coccyzus' as a callback—it's like a linguistic full circle that proves these naming decisions were all about that beak comparison!
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